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AN INDEX TO
PAPER MONEY
VOLUME 26, 1997
Nos. 187-192
No. Page
Anschuetz, Robert R. II
Carmi A. Thompson signature notes, illus 190 115
Bennett, Frank
National bank notes Series 1929, supple-
ment XX 191 143
Bolduc, Bob
Currency and computers 189 89
Bonneau, Pierre
Scripophily corner, illus 189 83
192 193
Clark, Frank
About Texas mostly, illus.
A. R. Davis: Garland, Texas banker 191 141
Samuel |. Moore and Canadian bank notes . . . 187 6
The Farmers .National Bank of Hillsboro, Texas ..189 78
The First National Bank in Cooper, Texas 190 119
The National banks in Plano, Texas 188 43
Cochran, Bob
A backed-up buck from the Huntsville Hotel
Company, illus 187 13
Bank happenings 191 165
May 1 see some identification, please? 192 197
None outstanding all redeemed, not so!, illus. . 191 161
"Oh, is that what that means?", illus 189 78
SPMC's 1929-1935 overprinted national
currency projea 189 72
The basics 189 70
COLONIAL & CONTINENTAL CURRENCY
Bonanza at the flea market, illus. Ned W.
Downing 187 3
CONFEDERATE
The Confederate Indian princess counterfeit
illus. George B. Tremmel 188 35
The last bond of the lost cause, illus. lohn
Martin Davis, Ir 190 123
The last bond of the lost cause (addendum)
John Martin Davis, Ir 192 191
Daniel, Fon'est W.
Green goods game, illus 187 5
Money tales 187 14
191 162
State bank notes redeemed by national banks,
illus 189 67
When the nation's cash was counted, illus 191 139
Davis, John Martin, Jr.
The last bond of the lost cause, illus 190 123
The last bond of the lost cause (addendum) ... 192 191
Dean, Charles A.
The First National Bank of Cardiff, illus 189 80
The First National Bank of Smyrna, Tennessee
and John Norman Barnett, illus 191 151
Dewey, W.S. and D.D. Gladfelter
Bergen Iron Works scrip, illus 189 73
Downing, Ned W.
Bonanza at the flea market, illus 187 3
No. Page
Ellenbogen, Raphael
The celebrated Naramore bank note detector
cards, illus 187 15
The royal family of small-size currency errors,
illus 189 79
ENGRAVERS & ENGRAVING
A review of the work of John S. Wallace,
illus. Mark D. Tomasko 190 107
Fisher, Jack H.
The First National Banks of Paxton, Illinois and
Sir William Paxton, illus 190 122
Gardner, Tom
A sentimental bank note 191 155
A story teller's bank note, illus 187 20
Gladfelter, D. and S. Dewey
Bergen Iron Works scrip, illus 189 73
Hessler, Gene
A cinematic short snoner, illus 191 164
Bank note subjects as models for apprentice
engravers, illus 189 84
The buck starts here, a primer for colleaors,
illus 187 21
189 93
191 163
192 196
Hussein, Mohamad H.
Birds on world paper money, illus 188 38
The petroleum industry illustrated on world
paper money, illus 191 156
Huntoon, Peter
The paper column, illus.
Correaions for No. 187 188 47
30 years of looking pays off. 188 47
$2 legal tender Series of 1928C and Series of
1928D BA block non-mules 187 7
U. S small-size $5 mules 192 179
Where are the Paia territory of Hawaii
nationals? 189 69
Kelly, Don C.
Hawaii's national banks, illus 189 45
Kvederas, Bob Sr. & Jr.
Varieties of Series 1993 $ 1 web notes 191 160
Lloyd, Robert H.
Jerg Gisze, illus 192 197
Syngraphic vignettes
Hoards! I 188 37
Hoards! il 189 91
Hoards! Ill 190 127
McDannel, Ken
National bank notes series 1929 189 69
National bank notes Series 1929, supplement
XX, illus., Frank Bennett 191 143
190 114
NEW LITERATURE 189 91
National bank notes, a guide with prices,
Don C. Kelly 189 92
No. Page
No. Page
Paper money of Serbia and Yugoslauia,
Zeljko Stojanovic 189 92
TTie comprehensive catalog of U.S. paper money,
Gene Hessler 189 92
OBSOLETE NOTES & SCRIP
Bergen Iron Works scrip, illus., D.D. Gladfelter &
W.S. Dewey 189 73
Real, loaquin Gil del Real
The first bank in Panama, illus 188 48
Schein, Howard
Ordering uncut sheets in 1951, illus 189 90
Schmidt, Bob
Missouri road overseer's certificate, illus 188 51
SOCIETT OF PAPER MONEY COLLECTORS
Annual awards descriptions 188 52
Candidates for the SPMC board of governors .. 188 53
In memoriam
David Ray Arnold 189 94
George D. Hatie 191 168
H.C. lohnson 192 199
New members 187 24
188 53
189 95
190 128
President's column 187 22
STOCK CERTIFICATES & BONDS
A bonanza at the flea market, illus. Ned W.
Downing 187 3
See The Scripophily Comer
Stratton, Mike
Modem mules, illus 190 120
Tomasko, Mark D.
A review of the work of John S Wallace, illus. .. 190 107
U. S. LARGE-SIZE NOTES
See Syngraphic Vignettes
Carmi A. Thompson signature notes,
illus. Robert R. Anschuetz II 190 115
U.S. NATIONAL BANK NOTES
Carmi A. Thompson signature notes,
illus. Robert R. Anschuetz II 190 115
Hawaii's national banks, illus. Don C. Kelly ... 188 45
National bank notes series 1929, Ken
McDannel 189 69
190 114
National bank notes Series 1929, supplement
XX, illus 191 143
None outstanding all redeemed, not so!, illus..
Bob Cochran 191 161
See About Texas Mostly, Frank Clark
See The Paper Column, Peter Huntoon
State bank notes redeemed by national banks,
illus., Forrest W. Daniel 189 67
The First National Bank of Cardiff, Charles A.
Dean 189 80
U.S. SMALL-SIZE NOTES
30 years of looking pays off, illus. Peter
Huntoon 188 47
Modem mules, illus. Mike Stratton 190 120
$2 legal tender series of 1928C & series of 1928D
BA block non-mules, illus., Peter Huntoon . . 187 7
Varieties of Series 1993 $1 web notes, illus.
Bob Kvederas Sr. & Jr 191 160
WORLD PAPER MONEY
Bank notes subjects as models for apprentice
engravers, illus., G. Hessler 189 84
Birds on world paper money, illus. Mohamad
H. Hussein 188 38
The first bank in Panama, illus. Joaquin Gil
del Real 188 48
The petroleum industry illustrated on world
paper money, illus. Mohamad H. Hussein ...191 156
Information for Authors
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Sources should be listed as follows:
Haxby, J. ( 1 988). Standard catalog of United States obsolete Bank
notes. Vols. . lola, WI: Krause Pub.
History of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing 1862-1962.
(1964). Washington, DC: U.S. Treasury Department.
Huntoon, P. (1988). The earliest national bank title changes.
PAPER MONEY. 27, 103-1 14.
Morris, T.R.; B.R. Mueller. (Ed.). (1968). Tlte life and works of
Thomas F. Morris 1852-1989. Published by the author.
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LI.S. SMALL-SIZE $5 MULES
Peter Huntoon 179
THE LAST BOND OF THE LAST CAUSE (ADDENDUM)
lohn Martin Davis, )r 191
ABOLrr TEXAS MOSTLY
THE STORY OF THE STORE SCRIP OF lAMES M. SMOOT
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THE SCRIPOPHILY CORNER
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THE BUCK STARTS HERE
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lERG GISZE
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U.S. Small-Size
$5 Mules
ABSTRACT
Mules in the $5 denomination offer the sophisticated U.S.
small-size note specialist the most challenging of all the mule
varieties to collect. There are two major groups of $5 mules,
ordinary mules that were produced during the micro to macro
transition period and extraordinary mules that were produced
from two unusual micro back plates — 629 and 637.
Ordinary $5 silver certificate (SC) and legal tender (LT) back
and face mule production spanned the period January 1 0, 1938
to February 14, 1940. Ordinary Federal Reserve note (FRN)
mule produaion took place between July 31, 1941 and Janu-
ary 23, 1946. The delay in the FRN printings resulted because
there was no $5 FRN production between May 19, 1937 and
July 11, 1941.
The extraordinary $5 mule printings from micro back 637
occurred between June 23, 1945 and June 15, 1949; whereas
those involving 629 lasted only from November 17, 1947 to
February 2, 1948. The 637 and 629 printings involved SC, LT
and FRN production. When micro back 637 finally was taken
out of service in 1949 more than eleven years had elapsed since
introduction of the macro size plate numbers.
MULES
HE classical definition of a mule is a note that has a
mirco-size plate number on one side and a macro-size
plate number on the other. Micro numbers measure
0.6 mm high whereas the macro numbers are 1 mm high. (See
Figure 1.)
The first macro plate to go to press was the number 1 Series
of 1 935A $ 1 silver certificate face on January 6, 1 938. The first
$ 1 macro back, plate 930, went to press three weeks later on
January 28. Consequently, the first of the 1935A faces were
mated with micro backs, producing mules. The first $5 macro
face plates went to press on January 10, 1938. These were Se-
ries of 1934A SC plates 562, 563 and 564, and production
from them was mated with micro backs resulting in the first
$5 mules of any type.
The SI 1935A SC sheets were competing with $5 1934A
SCs for the distinction of being the first mules to be serial num-
bered. The $5s won. The first mule to be numbered was a $5
1 934A SC bearing D5035200 1 A on Januaiy' 25, 1938. The first
$1 1935ASC mule, M07668001A, was numbered the next day.
The first muled star note was printed two days later on Janu-
ary 28, a $1 1935A with serial *17076001 A.
Macro plates for the other classes and denominations gradu-
ally came on line in succeeding months. Often they were placed
on the presses side by side with micros. Figures 2 and 3 illus-
trate, and Tables 1 and 2 document, the overlapping usage of
plates. Mules flowed for the next 15 years as Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing employees used up stocks of serviceable 12-
subject micro plates. Mules ceased in 1953 when the last of
the 12-subject $50 and $100 micro backs used to print Fed-
eral Reserve Notes were finally phased out following full con-
version to 18-subject presses.
To understand mule produaion, it is important to know
the rudiments of the printing process. The backs were printed
first, then the faces, and finally the seals and serial numbers.
The flat bed presses then in use for back and face production
normally carried four 12-subjea plates. However, fewer plates
could be on a press, even just one.
The plates circulated around the bed of the press and pro-
duced a stream of sheets in which the plate numbers cycled
through the plates present. Both micro and macro plates were
commonly mixed on a given press. This was occurring on both
Figure I. Comparison between micro, intermediate, and macro size plate numbers.
I ' THE PAPER COLUMN
by Peter Huntoon
the back and face presses during the height of the mule era so
as many as four varieties were being printed at once.
The 12-subjea sheets were cut in half down the middle be-
fore the seals and serials were applied. Next the seals and seri-
als were printed with numbering advancing consecutively
from top to bottom on the six subjects in the half sheets.
The notes were then cut apart and stacked in numerical order.
BACKS
Figure 2. Graph showing the periods of use and overlaps between the serial number block letters, series, varieties, and various design elements on $5
1928 series legal tender notes and 1934 series silver certificates. The serial number block letters are the bold pairs of letters above the bold horizontal
bars.
FACES
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on $5 1 934 series Federal Reserve notes for each of the twelve districts. The large letters to the left of the columns denote the twelve districts. The
bold pairs of letters between the horizontal arrows are the serial number letter blocks. 34Y refers to Series of 1934 notes with yellow-green seals.
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Paper Money Whole No. 1 92
Table 1. Intervals during which $5 1934 series silver certificate and 1928 series legal 1934A GA block mules, and the
tender faces were printed, and the low and high face plate numbers used. SC Series of 1934A HA block
Data from Bureau of Engraving and Printing (undated). mules. The silver cenificate 1934A
Series
First Use
Last Use
$5 Silver Certificates
1934
lun
16, 1934
Sep
16, 1938
1934A
Ian
10, 1938
|un
21, 1946
1934B
Ian
23, 1946
Feb
26, 1947
1934C
Oct
29, 1946
Mar
13, 1950
1934D
Oct
17, 1949
Sep
11, 1953
S5 Legal Tender Notes
1928
May
1, 1929
Nov
23, 1933
1928A
Oct
24, 1932
Nov
23, 1933
1928B
Apr
16, 1934
May 23, 1939
1928C
Aug
2, 1938
May 27, 1946
1928D
Feb
27, 1946
Sep
26, 1946
1928E
Sep
12, 1946
May
1, 1950
1928F
Mar
13, 1950
Feb
26, 1953
Consequently, if you have several consecutive notes, you will
find that the plate letters will rotate through the half sheets,
either A, B, C, D, E, F and back to A, or G, H, 1, J, K, L and back
to G.
In addition, the plate numbers on the notes will also cycle
through the different plates on the press as you come to the F
to A, or L to G pairs. If a mix of micro and macro plates was on
the press, such as $5 SC 1934 and 1934A faces, forward and
reverse changeover pairs will be present which are, respectively,
consecutively serial numbered notes that alternate from 1934
to 1934A, or 1934A to 1934.
GA and HA mules are rare. (See
Plate Numbers
Figure 4.)
Low
High
Federal Reserve mule produc-
Used
Used
tion was complicated by two fac-
tors. First, no $5 FRNs were
printed between May 19, 1937,
1
561
and luly 11, 1941, which elimi-
562
1765
nated the possibility for any yel-
1769
1872
low-green seal Series of 1 934 and
1875
2031
1934A mules. Second, when FRN
2035
2171
production for the various dis-
irias resumed in 1941 and 1942,
5
408
many micro face plates were still
3
175
serviceable and were used
1
287
through 1946, to produce large
288
522
quantities of ordinary Series of
524
550
1934 blue-green seal mules. How-
566
627
ever, all the regular micro backs
628
683
were gone by then, so no ordinary
FRN Series of 1934A mules were
possible. Even without micro
back mules, ordinary FRN mule
production from the micro Series of 1934 face plates outlasted
that of the ordinary SCs and LTs by six years.
Table 4 lists the rich trove of ordinary $5 mule blocks that
was made. However, this list is not the whole story.
The big surprise came on November 10, 1944 when an an-
cient $5 electrolytic master basso bearing number 637 dating
from 1935 was completed as a production back plate. It first
went to press on lune 23, 1945, and was used rather continu-
ously until lune 15, 1949. In the meantime, a second ancient
back plate — 629 — was discovered which had already been
completed but never used. It was used for only one press run
$5 MULES
By far, the most interesting mules involved the three $5 classes.
The $5 mule era spanned almost eleven and a half years, from
the first use of $5 SC 1934A macro face 562 on lanuary 10,
1938, until the last use of micro back 637 on lune 15, 1949.
There are two distinrt groups of $5 mules: ( 1 ) ordinary mules
that were produced during the micro to macro transition pe-
riod, and (2) what can only be called extraordinary mules that
were produced from maverick micro back plates 629 and 637.
Back plates 629 and 637 were sent to press in the late 1940s,
long after the other $5 micro backs had worn out.
Plenty of ordinary $5 mule varieties were produced during
the micro to macro transition period. The produaion of $5 LT
and SC mules followed a pattern typical of the other denomi-
nations. Specifically, there was intermbdng of micro and macro
faces and backs for a reasonably shon period until the last of
the micro plates wore out (Table 3). For example, concurrent
usage of lulian-Morganthau LT micro 1928B and macro 1928C
faces occurred for just a little over nine months between Au-
gust 2, 1938 and May 23, 1939. Similarly, usage of $5 SC mi-
cro 1934 and macro 1934A faces overlapped from lanuary 10
to September 16, 1938, a period of eight months.
Micro and macro $5 backs served side-by-side for just un-
der two years, from March 16, 1938 until February 14, 1940.
Faces, seals and serial numbers were printed on the last ordi-
nary micro back sheets in mid- 1940. They became the last of
Table 3. Dates when the last ordinary micro and first or-
dinary macro $5 plates were used.
Type
Last Micro
Type
First Macro
Faces
SC 1934
Sep 16, 1938
SC 1934A
Ian
10, 1938
LT 1928B
May 23, 1939
LT 1928C
Aug
2, 1938
FRN 1934
Ian 23, 1946
FRN 1934 A
lul
31. 1941
Backs
micro
Feb 14, 1940
macro
Mar
16, 1938
Figure 4. Rare $5 silver certificate Series of 1 934 A GA block mule printed
from micro back plate 905, the last ordinary micro back plate in production.
Micro back 905 left the press on February 14, 1940. This note was num-
bered in 1940.
Table 2. Intervals during which $5 1934 series Federal Reserve faces were printed. Data not available for Series of 1934D. Data from Bureau of Fngraving atui Printing (undated).
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Table 4. List of reported ordinary $5 mule blocks. See
Table 9 for the mules from $5 back plates 629 and
637.
Series Blocks
Silver Certificates:
1934 EA
1934A DA, EA, FA, GA, HA, ‘A
Legal Tender Notes:
1928B EA, 'A
1928C EA, FA, 'A
Federal Reserve Notes:
1934 AA, A*
BA, BB, B*
CA, C*
DA, D*
EA, E’
FA, F*
GA, G*
HA, H*
lA, 1*
lA, r
KA, K*
L*, la Hawaii, L* Hawaii
that lasted from November 17, 1 947 through February 2, 1948.
These extraordinary back plates produced a plethora of our
rarest and most eagerly sought mules.
$5 SILVER CERTIFICATE KA BLOCK
As shown in Figure 2 and Table 5, the rate of $5 SC produc-
tion fell dramatically between late 1942 and early 1946. The
result is that the printing of the 100 million notes that com-
prise the KA block was stretched out over three and a half years
instead of being completed in less than one year. Coinciden-
tally, more varieties were introduced during this period than
at any other time in $5 SC history (Ton, 1987). Ttius, the KA
block contains a diverse group of $5 oddities.
Included were the following types: (1) interspersed regular
Series of 1934A blue seals, (2) sbe groups of Series of 1934A
North Africa/Italy yellow seals, (3) Series of 1934A late-ftnished
face plate 307 blue seals, (4) Series of 1934A late-ftnished face
plate 307 yellow seals, (5) the first of the Series of 1934B print-
ings, (6) micro back plate 637 Series of 1934A mules, and (7)
micro back plate 637 Series of 1934B mules. The first Series of
1934B bore serial K90480001A and was delivered February 6,
1946 (Shafer, 1967).
As shown in Table 6, $5 SC late-ftnished face plate 307 was
started as a micro Series of 1934 plate in 1936, but not com-
pleted until 1942, during the macro era. It was made into a
Series of 1 934A with macro plate numbers. The plate number
307 is decidedly of micro vintage, contrasting with the other
1934A numbers that range from 562 to 1765. Thus, it makes
for an interesting oddity. Plate 307 was used between July 1942
and June 1943, to print 47,437 sheets (569,244 notes), which
received both blue and yellow seals (O'Donnell, 1977). The
blue seals are decidedly scarce. Unfortunately, it did not last
long enough to be muled with back plate 637.
A few serious collectors have attempted to collea the $5 SC
KA block, not only by type but also each of the main groups of
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Table 5. First serial number printed during each year be-
tween 1928 and 1952 for the $5 1934 series sil-
ver certificate and 1928 series legal tender notes.
Data from Bureau of Engraving and Printing (1952).
Year
First $5 LT
First $5 SC
1929
AOOOOOOOIA
—
1930
A69 168001 A
—
1931
B19700001A
—
1932
B80984001A
—
1933
C36088001A
—
1934
C98788001A
AOOOOOOOIA
1935
D23208001A
A67884001A
1936
D39780001A
B10388001A
1937
D77892001A
C20680001A
1938
E16604001A
D39384001A
1939
E60848001A
E92888001A
1940
F00868001A
G50004001A
1941
F29488001A
H90092001A
1942
F63448001A
I41304001A
1943
F97048001A
K53984001A
1944
G09048001A
K59984001A
1945
G28068001A
K65984001A
1946
G47568001A
K84284001A
1947
G69648001A
L53044001A
1948
H04628001A
M89064001A
1949
H33368001A
P11464001A
1950
H64028001A
Q41460001A
1951
I01408001A
R80660001A
1952
I36268001A
S99304001A
interspersed regular blue and yellow seal printings. Adding to
the chase are numerous possibilities for changeover pairs be-
tween the 1934A and B printings, 307 face plate varieties, and
micro back 637. The quest is endless.
FRN YELLOW-GREEN AND BLUE-GREEN SEALS
There are two major seal color varieties on the Series of 1934
FRNs. The earlier carry vivid yellow-green seals, whereas the
latter have pale blue-green seals of which various shades exist.
The change from yellow-green to blue-green took place in 1 938,
probably in the late fall. The highest serial numbers found
on the $5 Series of 1934 FRN yellow-green seals are listed in
Table 7.
Begun: Apr
6, 1936
Finished: Jul
3, 1942
Press runs:
Reentered
Jul
9, 1942
- Jul
28,
1942
Jul 29, 1942
Aug
27, 1942
- Sep
10 ,
1942
Sep
15, 1942
- Sep
23,
1942
Sep 24, 1942
Nov
11, 1942
- Dec
1,
1942
Dec
3, 1942
- Dec
4,
1942
Dec
9, 1942
- Dec
23,
1942
May
12, 1943
- Jun
3,
1943
Jun 4, 1943
Canceled: Jun
19, 1943
Table 7. Highest serials on the $5 Federal Reserve Series
of 1934 yellow-green seal notes. Data from Bureau
of Engraving and Printing (1952).
District
Last Serial
Boston
A06
000
OOOA
New York
B14
832
OOOA
Philadelphia
C06
720
OOOA
Cleveland
DOS
400
OOOA
Richmond
E04
992
OOOA
Atlanta
F12
000
OOOA
Chicago
G09
732
OOOA
St. Louis
HIO
368
OOOA
Minneapolis
104
920
OOOA
Kansas City
J03
000
OOOA
Dallas
K08
352
OOOA
San Francisco
L12
396
OOOA
Macro plates, both backs and faces, were being used prior to
the Federal Reserve seal color change so both Series of 1934
and 1934A yellow-green seal mules exist in the $10 and higher
denominations. However, no $5 yellow-green seal mules of
any type were made because no $5 FRNs were printed between
May 19, 1937 and July 1 1, 1941. (See Table 2.)
Series of 1934 $5 FRN yellow-green seals mules with macro
backs were precluded because macro back plates first went to
press on March 16, 1938, after yellow-green seal produaion
had ceased. Similarly, no Series of 1934A yellow-green seals
with micro backs were made because the first Series of 1934A
face plates went to press on July 31, 1941, long after the yel-
low-green seal era.
STOCKPILED INCOMPLETE FRN SERIES OF
1934 SHEETS
The backs on the early Series of 1934 FRNs, and other classes
of currency of similar vintage, were printed using a very dis-
tinctive soft-appearing yellow-green ink. This ink was succeeded
by a dark blue-green ink. The change in ink for all denomina-
tions occurred between the beginning of the $1 SC Series of
1 935A KB block and the end of the LB block, respeaively se-
rial numbered between November 5, 1940 and February 25,
1941. No $5 FRNs were being printed during this period, yet
the old yellow-green $5 backs add significantly to this story.
The fact is, S5 yellow-green micro backs are found mated
with FRN Series of 1 934 faces that were serial numbered in
1 94 1 and 1942. These notes comprise the
very scarce non-mule blue-green seal and
non-mule Hawaii Series of 1 934 printings.
Their existence proves that they were be-
ing produced from a stockpile of old $5
sheets.
Two questions arise. ( 1 ) Did the sheets
carry only back impressions? (2) If so, did
any end up being muled with Series of
1934A FRN faces which began to be used
in 1941 and 1942, or with SC and LT print-
ings after regular micro back production
ceased in 1940?
The answer to the first question is no.
The stockpiled sheets also bore Series of
1934 FRN faces. The notes that have been
observed from the stockpile were printed
Table 6. Plate record for $5 silver certificate Series of 1934A late-finished
macro face plate 307. Data from Bureau of Engraving and Printing
(undated).
Certified
Aug 19, 1942
Oct 19, 1942
Paper Money Whole No. 192
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Figure 5. Certified proof of $5 micro back 629, the last old gauge $5 plate made. Old gauge means that the vertical separation between the
subjects on this plate are slightly less than on those that followed, including 637. Also notice the difference in the placement of the guide lines in
the margins as compared to those on 63 7. The plate approval date stamped on the lower margin is December 29, 1 933. (Smithsonian Institution
photo 85-24.)
from back plates in use between 1935 and 1937, and those
plates were canceled by the end of 1937. More telling is the
faa that some of the faces were printed from plates that were
also canceled in 1936 and 1937. Obviously the stockpile con-
sisted of sheets of Series of 1934 FRNs that were complete ex-
cept for the seals and serial numbers. Such stocks existed for
most, if not all, of the federal reserve distrias.
Because the stockpiled sheets had faces, no faces could be
added. Consequently no FRN Series of 1934A mules or 1941-
2 vintage SC or LT mules could be made from them. Thus the
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Figure 6. Certified proof of S5 micro back 637. The plate approval date stamped on the lower margin is November 10, 1944, when the plate
was finally finished as a printing plate. It was begun on lanuary 24, 1935 as a new gauge electrolytic master basso to be used to make altos
which, in turn, were used to make other production plates. (Smithsonian Institution photo 85-23.)
answer to the second question is also no. The following dis-
cussion will illuminate the issue.
The preprinted 1935-7 vintage sheets were serial numbered
in 1941 and 1942 when $5 FRN production resumed for the
various districts. The result was Series of 1934 blue-green seal
yellow-green back non-mules, and the Hawaii brown-seal yel-
low-green back non-mules. Production of these oddities was
then followed by newly printed sheets of Series of 1934 mules
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with blue-green macro backs. The latter were made in large
quantities, the last being for Richmond in 1946.
The emergency $5 Hawaii printings illustrate what hap-
pened. The first Hawaii $5 printing began on lune 6, 1942,
and a million notes were delivered to the U.S. Treasurer on
lune 8, followed by another consecutive 1,600,000 notes on
July 15 (Simek and Medcalf, 1991). The available stockpiled
1935-7 vintage San Francisco sheets were sent directly to the
serial numbering presses to kick off these production runs. The
result was the scarce Series of 1934 non-mule yellow-green
backs. The first $5 Hawaii bore serial L12396001A, a Series of
1934 non-mule which was the first San Francisco $5 printed
since 1937.
However, the stockpile of Series of 1 934 San Francisco sheets
was insufficient to meet the demand. Consequently, 28 Series
of 1934 San Francisco face plates also were rushed to press on
June 6, and their impressions were mated with contemporary
blue-green macro backs. These muled Series of 1934 sheets
followed the old stockpile sheets to the numbering presses to
complete the deliveries made on June 8th.
The stockpiled San Francisco sheets were depleted before
the first million $5 Hawaii notes were printed, so none were
available when blue-seal production resumed. Consequently,
no San Francisco $5 Series of 1934 non-mule blue-green seal
yellow-green backs were made. The first Series of 1934 San
Francisco blue-green seal — serial L14996001A — was a mule
for which all three printings were of 1942 vintage.
The last sheets remaining in the stockpile appear to have
been those for the Minneapolis district. These began to be
numbered in the late Oaober 1942 time frame, and the stock-
pile was finally depleted.
Although the presence of the stockpile prolonged the use of
micro backs into 1942, it clearly did not result in mule pro-
duction. The sheets all had micro Series of 1934 FRN faces.
Thus no FRN Series of 1934A blue-green seal yellow-green back
mules were printed, even though 1934A New York faces were
on the presses as early as July 31, 1941. This is unfortunate
because such a 1934A mule would have had a blue-green seal
and a yellow-green back. It would have been a distina mule
type in itself.
Obviously, the stockpile could not provide feed stock for
the SC or LT printings because the sheets already had Series of
1934 FRN faces. Consequently, combinations such as $5 SC
Series of 1 934A lA and JA block mules were not made.
MICRO BACK 637
Probably the most interesting $5 back plate ever made was
micro plate 637. It was begun on January 24, 1935, as a new
gauge electrolytic master basso (Frey, 1986). The term "new
gauge" refers to plates where the vertical separation between
the subjects was increased slightly in order to produce wider
margins to improve the registration of the faces on the backs.
(See Figures 5 and 6.) The first new gauge $5 back was plate
630, which was finished on January 31, 1935. "Electrolytic
basso" denotes a plate made by electrolytic deposition of nickel
on an alto (Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 1962). An "alto"
is a reverse image of a master plate, also made by electro-depo-
sition, whereon the intaglio image from the master is repro-
duced in relief "Master" basso means that 637 was used to
produce other altos by elearo-deposition, which in turn were
used to make regular elearo-deposition production plates.
Plate 637 was begun on January 24, 1935, during the micro
era. It was completed as a regular printing plate on November
10, 1944, long after its service as a master basso. Its conver-
sion into a printing plate undoubtedly was an economy mea-
sure. It bore micro plate numbers but when they were added is
unknown. No other $5 micro backs were in use then, the last
having left the presses in 1940.
Micro back 637 was placed in service in June 1945 and be-
gan to produce strange and wonderful mules. As shown in
Table 8, this remarkable plate saw almost continuous service
from lune 23, 1945 until June 15, 1949. Impressions from it
found themselves mated with a huge assortment of faces in
the silver certificate, legal tender and Federal Reserve series.
An incredibly long list of possible and known matings appears
in Table 9.
Micro back 637 produced $5 FRN mules in the 1934A,
1934B and 1934C series. All are rare, as shown in Table 10.
The $5 Series of 1934A FRN mule ranks as the rarest mule
type in any series or denomination. Only four have been dis-
covered to date — two from New York in the BB block, one
from Philadelphia, and one star from San Francisco.
MICRO BACK 629
Micro back 629 was completed normally on December 29,
1933. It happened to be the last old gauge $5 back plate — one
with the more closely spaced subjeas — so it was set aside and
saved in unused condition (Frey, 1986). It sat around for 14
years. Someone resurrected it in 1947, probably as another
economy measure. It was sent to press on November 1 7th<ind
its first and only press hitch lasted just two and a half months.
Next it was reentered to prolong its life; however, it was never
recertified for use. The narrow spacing between the subjeas
caused centering problems which proved to be a nuisance when
mated with the new gauge faces then in use. It was withdrawn
from service and canceled. Notice from Table 8 that its short
stint in service coincided with one brief period when 637 was
not in use.
Mules from 629 are rare, owing to its short service. Impres-
sions from it can be found mated with $5 Series of 1928E
legal tender, 1934C silver certificate, and very rarely 1934C
Federal Reserve faces. Three 629 1934C FRNs are now known.
(See Table 10.) Remarkably, the two from New York are within
100 serial numbers of each other, despite the faa that they
parted company 50 years ago, and circulated widely until each
was worn to a grade of very good.
NOTABLE RECENT 637 MULE DISCOVERIES
The most significant 637 micro back mule to turn up recently
is a $5 SC Series of 1934A star note, serial ★! 17475 71 A, face
plate 11765, in vf+ that was discovered by David Klein, and
later sold to David Koble at the February 1996 Chicago show.
(See Figure 7.) The serial number on this previously unreported
637 block is currently the highest known on a 1934A star, and
is well within the range for reported 1934B star notes. Face
1765 was the last 1934A $5 SC made and was used from Sep-
tember 28, 1945 to May 22, 1946. It was the second to last
1934A plate to leave the presses; plate 1734 lasting until June
21, 1946. This interesting star note was printed in 1946, after
1934B produaion had commenced.
Logan Talks located $5 LT Series of 1928C L485/637
G45604674A in f-vf in the fall of 1994 (Figure 8). This mule,
printed in 1945, is rare and appears to be an underrated variety.
I found a new 637 $5 FRN Series of 1934C block at a small
coin show in Denver in April 1 996, specifically C9579 1 2 1 9A
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Tabic 8. Plate records for $5 micro back plates 629 and 637. Data from Bureau of Engraving and
Printing (undated).
Plate 629
Begun;
Dec
6, 1933
Finished:
Dec 29, 1933
Press Run:
Reentered®
Certified
Nov
17, 1947 -
Feb
2, 1948
Feb 3, 1948
—
Canceled:
Feb
17, 1948
637
Begun:
Ian
24, 1935
Finished:
Nov
10, 1944
Press Runs:
Reentered
Certified
Jun
23, 1945 -
Sep
24, 1945
Sep 25, 1945
Nov
28, 1945
Nov
30, 1945 -
Jan
23, 1946
—
—
Feb
8, 1946 -
Mar
7, 1946
—
—
Mar
12, 1946 -
Jun
11, 1946
—
—
Jun
17, 1946 -
Jul
22, 1946
Jul 23, 1946
Aug
19, 1946
Aug
23, 1946 -
Oct
17, 1946
—
—
Oct
21, 1946 -
Nov
1, 1946
Nov 4, 1946
Nov
20, 1946
Nov
26, 1946 -
Feb
13, 1947
Feb 14, 1947
Feb
27, 1947
Feb
28, 1947 -
Jul
17, 1947
Jul 18, 1947
Aug
4, 1947
Aug
19, 1947 -
Nov
12, 1947
—
—
Feb
13, 1948 -
Sep
24, 1948
Sep 27, 1948
Oa
7, 1948
Oct
19, 1949 -
Mar
8, 1949
Mar 9, 1949
Apr
5, 1949
Apr
8, 1949 -
Jun
15, 1949
—
—
Canceled:
Jun
16, 1949
a. Reentered means the design is repressed into the plate from a roll to sharpen details that show wear.
Figure 7. Only reported $5 silver certificate Series of 1 934A star note
mule with a 637 micro back. The serial is the highest reported for any Series
of 1934 A star note and uvis printed in 1946. (Photo courtesy of David
Koble.)
Figure 9. A newly discovered serial block letter combination, CA, on a $5
Federal Reserve Series of I934C micro back 637 mule. This note was printed
in 1 949, late in the life of the plate.
A138/637 which grades almost uncirculated (Figure 9). One
other Philadelphia 1934C mule is known, it being from the
CB block with serial C00036000B. Both were serial numbered
in 1949, so they were among the last produced from this pro-
digious back plate before it was canceled on June 16th.
Obviously rare mules are still out there waiting to be dis-
covered, provided you are willing to turn over otherwise com-
mon notes and look at the back plate numbers!
AN AS YET UNDISCOVERED $5 637 FRN VARIETY
Figure 8. Rare $5 legal tender Series of 1928C 637 micro back mule One variety with back plate 637 that has never been reported
printed in 1945. (Photo courtesy of Logan Talks.) is a $5 FRN Series of 1934 non-mule. As shown in Figure 3,
G45B04674i
C45604674 A ^
i A w.wiiiMJniviM-
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Table 9. Possible and reported $5 varieties from micro back plates 629 and 637.
Underlined blocks have been observed.
Plate
629
637
Class
Series
Dist.
Type
Serial Blocks
SC
1934C
mule
MA.
NA,
•A
LT
1928E
mule
HA.
•A
FRN
1934C
A
mule
AA,
A*
B
mule
B£,
B’
C
mule
CA,
C*
D
mule
DA,
D*
E
mule
EA,
E*
F
mule
FA,
F*
G
mule
GB,
G*
H
mule
HA,
H*
I
mule
lA,
I*
1
mule
JA,
!•
K
mule
KA,
K*
L
mule
LA,
L*
SC
1934A
mule
KA,
LA.
lA
1934B
mule
KA,
LA
lA
1934C
mule
lA
MA,
NA,
LT
1928C
mule
QA,
•A
1928D
mule
QA,
•A
1928E
mule
GA.
HA,
•A
FRN
1934
A
non-mule
AA,
A*
B
non-mule
BB,
B*
C
non-mule
CA,
C*
D
non-mule
DA,
D*
E
non-mule
EA,
E*
F
non-mule
FA,
F*
H
non-mule
HA,
H*
I
non-mule
lA,
I*
FRN
1934A
A
mule
AA,
A*
B
mule
BB,
B*
C
mule
CA,
C*
D
mule
DA,
D*
E
mule
EA,
E*
F
mule
FA,
F*
G
mule
GA,
GB,
G*
H
mule
HA,
H*
L
mule
lA,
LB,
LI
FRN
1934B
A
mule
AA,
A*
B
mule
m
B*
B212
mule
BB,
B*
C
mule
CA,
C*
D
mule
DA,
D*
E
mule
EA,
E*
F
mule
FA,
F*
G
mule
Cfi,
G*
H
mule
HA.
H*
I
mule
lA,
1*
J
mule
lA,
I*
L
mule
LA,
LE,
Ll
FRN
1934C
A
mule
AA,
A*
B
mule
BB,
EC
B*
C
mule
CA
CE,
C*
D
mule
DA.
D*
E
mule
EA,
E*
F
mule
FA,
F*
G
mule
Cl,
G*
H
mule
HA.
H*
1
mule
lA
!•
I
mule
lA
I*
K
mule
KA,
K*
L
mule
LB,
L*
this variety is possible from 1945-6
printings for several districts. If
found, they will have blue-green seals
and blue-green backs. They will rep-
resent a distina type because of the
blue-green backs. In contrast, the
blue-green seal Series of 1934 non-
mules of 1941-2 vintage made from
the stockpiled sheets have yellow-
green backs.
A REMOTELY POSSIBLE $5
FRN MULE
New York $5 FRN Series of 1934B
face plate 212 bears a very distinc-
tive intermediate size plate number
that is midway in size between a mi-
cro and macro. (See Figure 1.) This
plate was used between November
7, 1945 and November 14, 1946
(Table 1 1 ), a period that was entirely
overlapped by the usage of $5 micro
back plate 637. Thus it is possible
that a 212/637 could exist. None
have been reported. Such a find
would marry two unusual varieties.
NEVER ENDING QUEST
1 have written a dozen articles about
mules since 1967. I thought 1 had
written the last word on the topic
after completing the first couple of
those articles. However, just about
every time 1 went to Washington, 1
seemed to stumble across new data
in one or another of the archives, or
someone showed me another new
variety at some coin show, either of
which made earlier conclusions ob-
solete. The latter is a face-saving, tact-
ful way of saying wrong. New
discoveries still continue to provide
great surprises and new insights.
1 have made every attempt here to
provide you with the latest, most ac-
curate information on the $5 mules.
If you read a statement or conclusion
in one of my earlier articles that is at
variance with what is presented here,
or you find a discrepancy or a differ-
ent date than appears here, rely on
this article. That is, trust this mate-
rial until we get to digest some new
discovery or we find some obscure
document in a government archive
that will yield yet another wrinkle!
629 AND 637 CENSUS
1 am working with Logan Talks, 4 1 08
Elmhurst Rd., Toledo, OH 43613
(4 1 9-474-4549) to assemble a census
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Paper Money Whole No. 192
Table 10. Reported $5 Federal Reserve Series of 1934A, B
and C mules.
Serial
Plates
Grade
Series of 1934A
B63063567B
C160
637
AU
B69708310B
D159
637
VF
C69052070A
H80
637
G
L01212949*
A90
637
XF
Series of 1934B
A54375901A
A96
637
VF
B94584878B
B211
637
F
B94911759B
7
637
7
D60641001A
C49
637
F
G21370363B
G167
637
GU
H54567383A
K95
637
CU
H54567384A
L95
637
GU
118105713A
7
637
F
L01597562B
B166
637
VG
L02967122B
H149
637
CU
L01359866*
7
637
CU
L01359867*
7
637
CU
Series of 1934C
A54870831A
G127
637
F
B22594851C
1257
629
VG
B22594947C
1255
629
VG
B42196541C
E263
637
VG
B45409229C
E257
637
AU
C95791219A
A138
637
AU
C00036000B
F135
637
CU
D76605379A
G71
637
VF-k
D77184218A
B71
637
AU
G31475153B
E216
637
VG
G45417717B
1219
629
VG
G61015789B
7
637
VG
G64633087B
229
637
7
H70831511A
7
7
7
I20058699A
141
637
F
J31266251A
7
637
VG
serial number, face plate letter and number, back plate number,
and grade.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
James T. Lemon provided a copy of a letter explaining the spe-
cial significances of $5 back plates 629 and 637 that he re-
ceived from Bureau of Engraving and Printing employee Paul
Frey. Lemon also arranged for David Koble to send microfilmed
plate history records that he had obtained from the U. S. Na-
tional Archives which he subsequently deposited with Dave.
Robert Azpiazu and Jim Hodgson provided serial and plate
number data for many of the $5 Series of 1934 FRN yellow-
green back, blue-green seal notes used in this analysis. David
Koble and Logan Talks supplied photos.
SOURCES OF DATA
Bureau of Engraving and Printing. (1952). First serial numbers printed
during each year on United States small-size notes from 1928 to
1952: Typed list prepared by O & M Secretary, Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing, Washington, DC.
Bureau of Engraving and Printing. (1962). History of the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, 1862-1962: LI. S. Government Printing
Office, 199 p.
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, undated, ledgers and historical
records of stock in miscellaneous vault (currency printing plate
history ledgers showing series, plate numbers, dates begun, dates
finished, dates of use, dates reentered, and dates canceled): U. S.
National Archives, Washington, DC.
Frey, Paul R., executive assistant. Bureau of Engraving and Printing,
Washington, DC, October 23, 1986, letter to lames T. Lemon ex-
plaining the special significances of $5 micro back plates 629 and
637.
Huntoon, Peter. (1990). $5 federal reserve mules: Paper Money, v. 29,
p. 69-76.
O'Donnell, Chuck. (1977). The standard handbook of modem United
States paper money, 6th edition: Harry |. Forman, Inc. (Philadel-
phia, PA), 342 p.
Shafer, Neil. (1967). A guide book of modem United States currency.
Whitman Publishing Company (Racine, Wl), 160 p.
Table 11. Plate record for New York Federal Reserve $5 Series of 1934B intermediate face plate
212. Data from Bureau of Engraving and Printing (undated).
Begun: Oct
Finished: Nov
Press Runs:
Nov
9, 1945
7, 1945
7, 1945 -
Ian
22, 1946
Reentered
Certified
Feb
26, 1946 -
Mar
6, 1946
—
—
Mar
13, 1946 -
Mar
26, 1946
—
—
Apr
23, 1946 -
May
10, 1946
May 13, 1946
Jun 6, 1946
Oa
25, 1946 -
Oa
31, 1946
—
—
Nov
4, 1946 -
Nov
14, 1946
—
—
Canceled: Sep 8, 1948
of the known $5 back plate 629 and 637 notes. Please report
your specimens to him, or to me, Peter Huntoon, P. O. Box
3681, Laramie, WY 82071 (307-742-2217). Even the most com-
mon note holds research significance. We need the type, series.
Simek, lames A., and Donald Medcalf (1991). The overprinted notes of
World War II: The Numismatist, v. 104, p. 1886-1902.
Ton Jr., Graeme M. (1987). The "king alpha' $5 silver certificate: Paper
Money, v. 26, p. 20-23.
Paper Money Whole No. 192
Page 191
Z he Cast Cond
of
Z he Cost Cause
by lOHN MARTIN DAVIS, )R.
This is the critical missing copy from No. 190, page
123. An apology is extended again to Mr. Davis.
The final, and in some ways most intriguing depository re-
ceipt, is a hand-altered-form adapted to the November 28, 1 864
Aa for use by the "Assistant Treasury Office, Charleston." Of
particular interest is the higher certificate number (152), indi-
cating the aaual number of exchanges by the date written,
February 3, 1865. The second revelation is the bearer and quan-
tity of treasury notes exchanged — the Bank of Charleston, South
Carolina for $1 12,900.00. This was a substantial exchange by
a major bank. Finally, the Assistant Treasurer of Charleston,
South Carolina in manuscript on a separate envelope accom-
panying the original depository receipt wrote:
W.G. Leitch — Assist Tr Reed
for $1 12,900—7 30/100 notes
for which 6% Bonds are to be
issued under Act Nov. 28 1864
The official Treasury Register, according to Dr. Douglas B.
Ball, recorded about $320,000 worth of November 28, 1864
bonds. Dr. Ball concluded that no actual bonds under the
November 28, 1864 Act were in fact ordered, printed or ex-
ecuted, although depository receipts were issued.
Given the customary formalities observed by treasury
officials, it seems unlikely that depository offices would issue
receipts for a bond exchange if those depository officials did
not have in their possession detailed guidance from the Trea-
sury Department for complying with the Act. It is suggested
the Treasury Department probably issued printed instructions
and may have considered both the bond design and possible
printer. Bonds of several aas continued to be printed at Co-
lumbia, South Carolina until occupied by union forces on Feb-
ruary 17, 1865. The Columbia Treasury Note Bureau ceased to
operate after that date. Perhaps an order, design or other in-
struaions prior to the fall of Columbia exist describing this
elusive bond. Given Dr. Ball's perusal of the official correspon-
dence, existence of such material seems at best highly prob-
lematic.
One possibility that may account for the lack of evidence of
the November 28, 1 864 Act bonds would be substitution with
a prior bond issue. There was, after all, precedent for bond
issue substitutions. The 4% coupon bonds of the March 23,
1863 Act were again issued with much higher numbers as a
means of funding state-held notes. The States were allowed to
substitute coupon bonds for the Criswell Number (Cr.) 141
series registered bonds. Obvious candidates for the November
28, 1864 substitution are the Cr. 142- 146 series bonds, with
30 year terms bearing 6% interest as provided by Sections 6, 7,
and 8 of the Act of February 17, 1864.
The 30-year bond and coupons conceivably could have been
modified and reprinted in Columbia by changing the due date
ofluly 1, 1894 to January 1, 1895. Another possibility maybe
hand-alterations of the February 17, 1864 bond to provisions
of the November 28, 1864 Aa. The interest payment dates for
six of the coupons (warrants) annexed to the bond would also
require modification. Ink and pen alterations are not unique.
Earlier coupon bonds were regularly altered, usually in red ink,
to correct the interest accrual date and lower the coupon inter-
est warrant. The later series of the 6% interest, 30-year coupon
bonds are surely worthy of close examination. Some inventive
registrar or pragmatic depository may have assumed greater
creativity as the war was winding down and necessity became
the mother of invention. ■
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little background about Denton is in order, to relate
how the community was named. Denton County,
Texas was created in 1846. It was named in honor of
Captain lames B. Denton, who was killed in a skirmish with
Indians near what is today the city of Arlington. Captain
Denton’s commanding officer was General Tarrant. The day
after he was killed, Denton was buried near present-day lustin
in Denton County; in 1850, he was reinterred at the Chisum
Ranch, northwest of Bolivar. On November 28, 1901, his re-
mains were again moved to the lawn of the Denton County
Courthouse.
A small log courthouse was built in Denton in 1851. A square
was laid out around the counhouse, and lots were offered for
sale. Each lot was 50 feel wide, and there were six lots on each
side of the courthouse square. The lots sold for $25 to $30
each. However, the last lot was sold for $65; this was the south
lot on the west side of the square. It was purchased by lames
M. Smoot, who desired a lot with a front facing the East. Smoot
soon erected a rather large store building, and pul in a large
stock of general merchandise. This was in 1854, and Smoot's
was the largest store in Denton.
Roads were poor everywhere. The difficulties of transporta-
tion made imported items dear, and in some cases the costs
were prohibitive. There was little real money in the area, and
home-produced articles brought very low prices on the local
market. Land was cheap, with thousands of acres for sale.
Shreveport, Louisiana, lefferson, Texas, and Fort Smith, Ar-
kansas were the market places at this time. Goods were hauled
by teams of oxen from these cities, and only when green grass
could be had for the oxen at night. If a merchant ran out of an
article of merchandise, he remained out until the next year,
when the oxen could make the trip.
On luly 8, 1860 a series of fires broke out in North Texas
that led credence to rumors that they were started by The Union
League or escaped slaves. The Union League was a band of
Northern sympathizers upon which much suspicion rested.
The suddenness and widespread similarity of cases seemed too
strong for denial. The first fire was in Dallas, and it caused
about $400,000 in damages. Other fires on that Sunday broke
out in Denton, Pilot Point, Ladonia, Honey Grove, Milford,
Waxahachie, Jefferson and Austin.
The fire in Denton started in the counting room of James M.
Smoot’s store, located at the corner of Elm and Hickory Streets.
A Southwesterly wind spread the fire to other stores on the
West side of the square. In the store operated by Baines and
Mounts, there were 25 kegs of powder; these exploded, and
sent burning pieces of lumber, chains and castings in every
direction. This caused other buildings around the square to
catch fire. Ever>’ building on the west side was in ashes, except
the one at the north lot on the west side — Blount and Scrugg’s
Grocery Store. Everyone in town fought the fire. The estimated
losses were over $80,000. Smoot lost everything he had, and
said that his losses alone were over $50,000.
At a public meeting in Denton on July 27, 1860 the Central
Committee of Safety For The County was organized. This group
laid plans for the deieoion, arrest, and eradication of aboli-
tion agents, horse thieves, and suspicious chararters.
Later, it was suggested that the fires were started by "prairie
matches." These had only recently appeared, and might have
been set off by the hot sun of that Sunday afternoon. The
match stems were made out of compressed paper, and the
match head was made by dipping it into a sulfur preparation.
However, most of the people still felt strongly that The Union
League or escaped slaves started the fires.
Mr. Smoot rebuilt his store after the terrible fire. He appar-
ently began an association with a drug store in Fort Smith,
Arkansas— M. Mayers & Brother — because M. Mayers & Brother
issued scrip notes that were redeemable not only at their store,
but also at the Smoot store in Denton, as well as other stores
in different locations in Arkansas and the Cherokee Nation
(now Oklahoma).
aM TMC
ONf DOLLArt
|3n £ntrcl)>ii liisc. .rrtnt Banlt Notes.'
A $) nole from M. Mayer & Bro., Fort Smith, Arkansas, which could be
redeemed at the store of I.M. Smoot, Denton, Texas.
These scrip notes bear various dates in 1861 and 1862, and
denominations of 25 cents, 50 cents, $1 and $2 have been
recorded. The notes are signed by two Mayers brothers. They
are printed on veiy thin paper, and all the known notes are
well-circulated.
The store names where the notes could be redeemed are in-
cluded in very liny print; on the upper inside border of the $ 1
note illustrated is the following statement: "Redeemed by
Stirman & Dickson, at Fayetteville, White & Haney, Van Buren,
F.H. Nash, Ft. Gibson"; at the bottom lower border is "Re-
deemed by J.M. Smoot, Denton, Texas."
Another surviving note is a slightly different variety, where
the "Redeemed by . . ." statement, at the top of the $1 note
described above, appears at the bottom, while the upper border
reads, "Redeemed by Alexander & Allen, Sherman, J.M. Smoot,
Denton, Texas.”
The illustrated note is brown in color, and like many other
surviving specimens, has a counierstamp in the center read-
ing, "M. Mayers & Bro. — Druggists — Fort Smith, Ark."
James M. Smoot died in 1862. He was buried in the 1.0.0. F.
Cemetery. In 1859 he had donated a block of land to be in-
( Continued on page 195)
Paper Money Wfwle No. 1 92
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iriNANCiiN'D The AltC/HCidiilie IlNiDHJSiricy
by PIERRE BONNEALI
HE appearance of stock and bond certificates in the
automobile industry dates back to the turn of the cen-
tury. They were not frequently used at first since the
early requirements to build a car were quite affordable. No
heavy investment in plant and equipment was needed, as pro-
duaion was almost exclusively an assembly operation, using
pans and components bought from outside firms. Moreover,
many manufacturers financed themselves by buying from sup-
pliers on credit and selling to dealers for cash.
However, the best prospeas for survival were generally those
companies that were already established, or those individuals
who could find investors. In other words, substantial capital
soon became essential! To illustrate this point, 1 chose five
important individuals who, in their own way, shaped the world
of motorized vehicles as we know it today, and recount how
they "financed’ their entry in the American automobile in-
dustry. From Ransom E. Olds and Henry Ford, two impover-
ished engineers with a dream, to lames W. Packard and the
Studebaker brothers, both already established, and finally the
flamboyant Preston T. Tucker, who used marketing and the
stock market before his prototype was even completed!
RANSOM ELI OLDS
Olds Motor Works Company
REO Motor Car Company
A 1930 share certificate featuring the famous winged ‘'REO’ logo flanked
by two young maidens.
Originally involved with stationary gas engines. Ransom E.
Olds built his first experimental three-wheeled steam car in
1891. He went on to form the Olds Motor Works Company five
years later, and introduced a single-cylinder gasoline-engined
vehicle of dogoart-type in 1897. Hindered by lack of capital
for nearly two years. Olds finally found a backer in a copper
and lumber magnate named Samuel L. Smith. The latter in-
vested $199,600 into the venture in return for 95 percent of
its stock, while Olds contributed the rest of the $200,000 of
T^e Serif opifiiy Corner
paid-up capital. Ready for a new beginning, the company
moved its operations from Lansing to Detroit in 1899.
Bad luck seemed to have struck again when the new factory
burned down in March 1901. A little buggy with a one cylin-
der engine and a curved dash, which Olds had designed as a
possible low priced car, was all that was left! Having no other
alternative, the company concentrated its effort on the curved-
dash buggy and ordered engines from Leland & Faulconer, then
a machine tool manufaaurer also making motor boat engines
(Leland later created the "Cadillac" cars). As for transmissions,
they came from a small machine shop owned by brothers lohn
and Horace Dodge!
Needless to say, the result was spectacular. The little curved-
dash runabout soon became known as the "Merry
Oldsmobile," considered by many as the world's first mass-
production automobile. The car itself was very successful until
1904, at which point Smith decided to drop the buggy in fa-
vor of heavy touring cars. Olds disagreed and left the com-
pany, only to be put right back in business by a group of Lansing
associates.
The new venture, named the REO Motor Car Company (for
R.E. Olds), kept on producing inexpensive 8hp single-cylin-
der runabouts until 1909, and a more expensive companion
16hp twin was also offered. The company itself remained a
steady seller for more than twenty-five years.
HENRY FORD
Ford Motor Co.
A 1974 share certificate depicting young Henry Ford behind his original
“Quadricycle, " flanked by a network of highways linking country to city.
Since his boyhood, Henry Ford definitely had a flair for
machinery. He spent close to twenty years as a mechanic,
machinist and engineer before he built his first car, the
"Quadricycle," in 1896. Underfinanced, he had to wait three
years before finding support from a group of Detroit business-
men headed by a lumber dealer named William F. Murphy.
The new venture, originally organized as the Detroit Auto-
mobile Company and later as the Henry Ford Company, was a
disaster. By 1902 Ford had been replaced by Henry M. Leland
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Paper Mone}’ Whole No. 1 92
(of Leland & Faulconer), and the company was reorganized as
the Cadillac Automobile Company (. . . so Ford and Cadillac have
a common ancestry!).
Ford himself was anxious to get back to work, and founded
the Ford Motor Company with another group of partners in 1 903.
Alexander Y. Malcomson, a Detroit coal dealer, supplied the
initial $28,000, while the Dodge brothers became stockhold-
ers in return for providing chassis, engines and transmissions
for the first Ford cars. By 1905, following a quarrel with
Malcomson, Ford emerged in complete control of his com-
pany. Three years later, the "Model T" was introduced.
JAMES WARD PACKARD
Packard Motor Car Company
ing Company in 1902. The well-funded venture produced its
first motorcar two years later.
A 1953 share certificate with vignette Construction and Industry.
A 1932 stock certificate featuring the original Studebaker blacksmith shop.
The Studebaker brothers never claimed to be engineers, but
they were good marketers! Recognizing their limited techni-
cal expertise, they initially bought most of their engines and
chassis from the Garford Manufacturing Company of Elryria,
Ohio. The bodies were then added in South Bend, and the cars
were marketed through their established network of wagon
dealers.
The Studebaker Corporation finally bought out its suppliers
in 1910 and absorbed the original wagon manufacturer in
1911. By then, its automobile activities were all consolidated
under one name, with faaories in South Bend and Detroit.
James W. Packard graduated from Lehigh University in 1884
and started a successful light bulb manufacturing venture, the
Packard Elearic Company, in 1890. He subsequently got in-
terested in automotive engineering in 1898, following the
purchase of a defective Winton No. 12 car. By 1900 he began
producing his own cars in Warren, Ohio, using a subsidiary
called the Ohio Automobile Company.
The company's rise to prominence started the following year,
shortly after the 1901 New York automobile show. Greatly
impressed by Packard's car, a group of Detroit capitalists
headed by Henry B. joy, son of railroad magnate lames F. Joy,
acquired control of the Packard Elearic Company. The name
was changed to Packard Motor Car Company, and production
was moved to Detroit in 1903. That same year, a big four
cylinder engine of over 730ci displacement was designed on
European lines by Charles Schmidt, which led to the famous
Model L, the first car to bear the classic Packard radiator.
HENRY & CLEM S'TUDEBAKER
Studebaker Corporation
Brothers Henry and Clem Studebaker first opened a black-
smith's and wagon building shop in South Bend, Indiana, in
1852. As the largest manufaaurer of horse-drawn vehicles in
the world, their company received lucrative government con-
traas during both the Civil War and World War 1. All in all,
the firm produced more than 750,000 wagons over a 67 years
period!
Even though regular wagon production was carried on until
1919, experiments with elearic 'horseless carriages" began as
early as 1898. The Studebaker Corporation was finally chartered
as an offspring of the existing Studebaker Brothers Manufactur-
PRESTON T. TUCKER
Tucker Corporation
A 1947 Class A common stock "temporar)' certificate" . . . the engraved
certificates were never printed!
By the end of the Second World War surveys revealed that the
# 1 priority for the American consumer was to buy a new auto-
mobile . . . and engineer Preston T. Tucker was about to create
just the car they wanted! He envisioned a radical new design
featuring a central steering wheel, disk brakes, padded dash,
front passenger crash compartment, pop-out windshield, three
headlights, and mobile front fenders synchronized with the
wheels. His new "Torpedo" was also to include a flat opposed
589ci engine and a rear wheel double torque direa drive sys-
tem.
Tucker chartered his Tucker Corporation in 1946 and worked
with former Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg stylist AlexTremulis to
make his dream a reality. He soon published an anicle show-
Paper Mone)’ Whole No. 1 92
Page 195
ing the low, long and luxurious styling of the Torpedo along
with its safety and performance features. The new car was an
instant success, with more than 3,000 orders placed by the
end of 1948.
Unlike earlier automobile manufacturers, the flamboyant
Tucker marketed his product well before he could deliver . . .
and he had no operating funds! Moreover, since his idea di-
realy challenged the ultra conservative produas of the cur-
rent automobile industry, bankers were reluctant to support
his Chicago based venture. In the end. Tucker was forced to
finance himself by selling capital stock.
Robert Pierce was already one of Preston Tucker's larger
shareholders with ownership of 40,000 'Tucker B Stock," and
arrangements were made with certain of his associates to allo-
cate stock in lieu of salaries and reimbursements for expendi-
tures. However, most of the financing came from the Tucker
A Stock," which was offered to the general public.
Unfortunately, the production models had major problems
and many of the desired features had to be abandoned. The
initial Tucker Torpedo was never really produced, becoming
instead the Tucker '48 sedan. Tucker, Pierce and four other as-
sociates were soon charged with fraud, but they were eventu-
ally acquitted. The Tucker Corporation itself was finally
dissolved in 1950, having only produced 51 automobiles.
Although the total number of American car manufacturers
might never be accurately determined, it is believed that more
than three thousand makes of cars and trucks have been built
by some fifteen hundred identifiable companies since 1897.
As we celebrate the automobile industry's first century, it is
interesting to note how America has always kept its "horseless
carriages" history alive through colleaibles. However, financ-
ing instruments such as stocks and bonds, the very fuel of the
whole industry, have only been introduced to collectors a few
years ago.
Pierre Bonneau is the Chief Executive Officer of Stock Search Interna-
tional, Inc. and founder of the 'Old Certificates Collectors Club.”
r
TEXAS (Continued from page 192)
eluded in the cemetery. He was buried in the exaa center of
this tract. After Smoot's death, R.M. Collins operated his store.
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Bieciuk, H. and H.G. "Bill" Corbin. (1961). Texas Confederate County
Notes and Private Scrip.
Bates, E.F. (1976), History and Reminiscences of Denton Count}'. Denton:
Terrill Wheeler.
Bridges, C.A. (1978). History of Denton, Texas. Waco:Texian Press.
Medlar, B. (1968). Texas Obsolete Notes and Scrip. Society of Paper
Money Collectors, Inc.
Rothen, M. Sr. (1985). Arkansas Obsolete Notes and Scrip. Society of
Paper Money Colleaors, Inc. (Note: Information about M. Mayer
and Bro. and their scrip attributed to Eric Newman.)
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A Primer for Collectors
by GENE HESSLER
LTIIOLIGH portraits of famous women are being
placed on paper money from countries all over the
world, the United States remains among the minority
of nations who have not been so forthcoming. The criterion
for representation on United States paper money, with very
few exceptions, has been some affiliation with government or
the military. Since women do not share that long history with
men, it will probably be a long time, if ever, until we see the
likeness of a female on our paper money.
In the fall of 1 994, Ray Suarez, the learned host of "Talk of
the Nation” on National Public Radio discussed the forthcom-
ing changes on our paper money that might include different
portraits. While interviewing representatives from the U.S.Trea-
sury and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Mr. Suarez re-
marked that the likeness of a woman had never been placed
on our paper money. The statement went unchallenged.
The ponrait of Martha Washington, a Virginian, appeared
on two different silver certificates: the face of the ones dated
1886 and 189 land the back of the 1896 series. She shared the
back of the latter with her husband George on which there is a
large '1 " and 'one' between them. This has prompted the of-
ten, perhaps too often, quoted remark that both Martha and
George were wrong about their mutual affection when they
said that "no one would ever come between them."
Building in Washington, DC. Each of these eight paintings was
engraved in miniature and placed on the backs of first charter
national bank notes.
In this much-admired painting )ohn Rolfe, her future hus-
band, stands behind Pocahontas as she kneels with head bowed
and overtly accepts Christianity; behind Rolfe is Chief
Powhaton, father of Pocahontas. lohn Rolfe was the grandson
of Eustace Rolfe. His money helped to build the English ships
that defeated the Spanish Armada.
Every school child has heard of the incident when
Pocahontas flung herself over the body of Captain John Smith
in order to save his life from hostile members of her tribe. This
tale, as we have learned, is more legend than fact, lohn Smith
was the leader of the lamestown, Virginia settlement.
Pocahontas did not share the hostility of many of her people.
Perhaps it was her kindness, in addition to her beauty, that
attracted lohn Rolfe. Before they were married on April 5, 1614
it was necessary for Pocahontas to accept the Christian faith.
Since she could not read or write, Pocahontas memorized the
lengthy, necessary prayers and the Ten Commandments that
were prerequisites for her baptism. When this Indian princess
was accepted into the Church of England, she took the name
of Rebecca.
lohn Rolfe had arrived in the New World in 1610. On lune
12, 1616 he, his wife and their son Thomas landed in Ply-
mouth, England; they had sailed aboard the Treasurer.
Matachanna, Pocahontas' sister, an uncle and two brothers
were part of the small party that accompanied lohn and Rebecca
to England, where Rebecca was entertained by the Bishop of
London.
On March 21, 1617, days before lohn Rolfe, his family and
party were about return to America, Pocahontas became ill
and died. She was buried at St. George's Church, Gravesend,
in Kent. Two stained-glass windows in the church honor
Pocahontas; one is similar to her baptismal image on the $20
note. These windows were presented by the Society of Colo-
nial Dames of Virginia in 1914. On Oaober 15, 1958 the
people of Virginia presented a bronze statue of Pocahontas to
the church where she was buried.
Although she is the central figure and the image is small,
there is a famous native American, another Virginian, whose
image appears on a 19th century U.S. national bank note. This
female known to all of us since our grammar school days is
Pocahontas (the playing one). The back of the first charter $20
national bank notes includes an engraving of The Baptism of
Pocahontas by lohn G. Chapman. Charles Burt's engraving for
American Bank Note Company is based on the large mural-
like oil painting that measures 14 x 20 feel. With seven other
historical paintings it adorns the Rotunda of the Ll.S. Capitol
There are other memorials to this native American female
whose tiny image graced one of our 19th century bank notes.
One is at the church of St. Mary the Virgin in Heacham, Nor-
folk, where the Rolfe family worshiped for centuries; another
is in the village of Heacham.
The date of birth for Pocahontas is uncertain; however, it is
most often assumed to be about 1595. Consequently, 1995
could have marked the 400th anniversary of her birth.
(Copyright story reprinted by permission from Coin World, March 27,
1995.)
Paper Money Whole No. 1D2
Page 197
^kom the ^obe/ii Sffoycf 9fi.&2
Jeng Qis^e
The painting was executed by Hans Holbein the Younger
(1497-1543). National Geographic states, “When the Refor-
mation slowed the demand for church art, the scholar Erasmus
sent Holbein, his German protege, from Basel to London with
a letter of introduction to Sir Thomas More. As a portraitist,
I lolbein cultivated the Hanseatic merchants of the Steelyard,
the German house beside the Thames. Their symbol, the steel-
yard, or scale, here hangs from a shelf.
, "Holbein, who loved details, pictured
; T' ihis Danzig trader surrounded by the
tools of his trade: money box, inkstand,
quill pens, seal, and scissors. A metal
ball for string calls to mind the old-fash-
ioned grocery. A leather container sug-
gests the modern brief case. The
carnations shows no change in four cen-
turies
"Eventually Holbein became Henry
Vlll's court painter, but royal connec-
tions did not save him from an un-
known grave. He died in a London
plague."
HE gent on this German 100,000 mark Reichsbank-
note from 1 923 is identified as lerg Gisze. Varieties on
the spelling of his name include Gisse, Ghisse, and
(Latin) Gysen; however, in the portrait appearing in National
Geographic magazine, the letter in his hand is from his brother,
and is addressed to "lerg Gisze."
MAY I SEE SOME
IDENTinCATION,
PLEASE?
Submitted by BOB COCHRAN
The Peoples Bank of Indianapolis, Indiana celebrated its 100th
Anniversary in 1991. The president of the bank, William E.
"Mac" McWhiner, represents the fourth generation of this fam-
ily to preside over this bank.
In the Winter 1991 issue of "Customer Conneaion," the
bank's newsletter, McWhirter recounted the story of one of
the bank's "special" customers:
"The bank's assets were $325 million at the close of 1 990,
but it does have the quirks of a smaller operation, such as
Brownie, a cat with a checking account who lived in the Peoples
Bank building in the 1970s."
“We even had a signature card for Brownie. 1 inked Brownie's
paw on the signature card. And when vet bills came in, we
filled out the check, went down and inked Brownie's paw, and
rolled it over the signature block — and the check paid."
SHORT SNORTER COMMENT
John Gavel informs us that according to the Blockbuster
Video Guide to Movies and Videos, the movie "Pilebuck,"
mentioned in PAPER MONEY No. 191, was released as
"Having a Wonderful Crime."
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Paper Money Whole No. 1 92
THE
PRESIDENT'S
COLUMN
It's difficult to imagine that 1997 is drawing to a close, lodging
from what I saw, what I read, and what IVe been told by many of
you, the market for paper money is HOT! I hope everyone had as
good a year as I've had; I managed to find a few pieces, but it took
some work. But, as always, it was FUN!
I emphasize the word "FUN," because that's really the ONLY
basis for the existence of the SPMC. What's FUN? How about the
pleasure of sharing your new 'goodies' with a friend in a corner at
one of the big shows? I was at Knight's Dallas auaion in August; 1
believe one guy bought every single note from Laredo in that sale.
When he won the last lot, he was pumping his fist, excited as heck,
having FUN! And most everybody in the room was happy for him.
If you weren't one of the top 100 or so folks attending the SPMC
Breakfast in Memphis, you missed one realiy good time! We truly
did have a lot of FUN, thanks in no small part to our own Wendell
W. Wolka (aka World-Wide-Wendell). The annual SPMC Mem-
phis Breakfast was a sellout this year, and the "Tom Bain Raffle"
was one heck of a lot of FUN for everyone who stuck around! Guess
what? If the good Lord's willing and the Mississippi don't rise, we're
gonna do it AGAIN! If you're in the neighborhood, buy your tick-
ets and come on in!
By the way, a significant event took place at the SPMC Breakfast:
the seleaion of Man Delger as a Numismatic Ambassador by Krause
Publications and the other Numismatic Ambassadors! What FUN
it was for Man to receive this wonderful recognition — incredibly
well -deserved! If you've been to the Memphis show and looked
through the wonderful exhibits, find Man Delger and thank him
for taking the time to arrange, schedule, and coordinate the exhib-
its. Man's only been seeing to it that Memphis-goers have some
FUN with the exhibits for nearly twenty years!
It was also FUN to hear the names of the SPMC Literary Award
winners this year; 'old reliables' like Forrest Daniel, "newcomers"
like Ronald Benice and Steve Goldberg. These members, and the
others who put fonh their writing effons to educate and entenain
alt of us, deserve another solid 'thanks' from each and every SPMC
member.
While I'm thanking people. I'd like to thank ludith Murphy for
getting our Club Aaivities program off the ground. ludith has put
in a lot of hours this year arranging and hosting SPMC meetings at
several shows. ludith also put into motion the steps leading up to
SPMC's new slide presentation about paper money and financial
documents. This new slide set and some older ones are available
to YOU if you'd like to make a presentation to your local club!
Doesn't that sound like FUN?
One more loud "THANK YOU" needs to be sounded. To Frank
Viskup, SPMC's top recmiter! Thank you, Frank, we really appreci-
ate your work!
Want to have some FUN in 1998? Here are some suggestions:
(1) Take a copy of PAPER MONEY to your local numismatic club
and tell everyone about it and the SPMC. (2) Attend one of the
many SPMC regional meetings being held at the shows around the
country. (3) How about VOLUNTEERING to host an SPMC meet-
ing and make a presentation at your dub's annual show? (4) How
about signing up a new member or two for the SPMC? Today, a
serious paper money colleaor or dealer who can't reach half a dozen
new collectors is either lazy or a hermit! (5) If you truly live in a
place where there are no other collectors to recruit, why not pass
away some of the nasty weather writing a few anicles for PAPER
MONEY!
Finally, if you're a regular member, your 1998 dues statement is
enclosed with this issue of PAPER MONEY. I hope you'll send in
your dues promptly. If you don't, you're liable to miss out on the
FUN we're planning for you in 1998! Happy Holidays.
Call for Nominations for 1998
The following governors' terms expire in 1998: Raphael
Ellenbogen, Dean Oakes, Steven Whitfield and Wendell Wolka.
If you have suggestions, or if the preceding governors wish to
run for another term, please notify Bob Cochran, President of
the SPMC. In addition, candidates may be placed on the bal-
lot in the following manner:
(1) A written nominating petition is submitted, which has
been signed by ten current members.
(2) An acceptance letter from the person being nominated
is submitted with the petition.
Nominating petitions (and accompanying letters) MUST BE
RECEIVED BY THE PRESIDENT BY lANUARY 15, 1998.
Biographies of the nominees and ballots for the eleaion will
be included in the March/April 1998 issue of PAPER MONEY.
The ballots will be counted at Memphis and announced at the
SPMC general meeting held during the International Paper
Money Show.
First-time nominees should send a portrait and a brief biog-
raphy to the editor. Gene Hessler. Unless new information is
sent, the editor will use the same portraits and biographies of
those who seek another term as governors as were used in the
past.
Awards at the 1997 New York ANA
The following paper money exhibitors were recognized by the
American Numismatic Association (ANA) in August.
LI.S. Paper Money: 1st, William H. Horton, Jr., "Silver
Certificates of 1899"; 2nd, no award; 3rd, Ralph W. Ross,
"Two Dollar Bills."
Obsolete Paper Money: 1st, John W. Jackson, "America's
Eagle”; 2nd, Gerald L. Kochel, "A Type Set of Colonial Notes
by A. Hubley"; 3rd, no award.
World Paper Money: 1st, John Zabel, "Two Uncommon
Heroes"; 2nd and 3rd, no awards.
General or Specialized: 1st, Mark D. Tomasko, "Western
Bank Note Company"; 2nd, no award; 3rd, John A. Parker,
"I.S.G. Boggs and His Paper Money."
Young Numismatists Award, 1st, Michael Horton, "1951
Issue of the People's Republic of Bulgaria"; 2nd and 3rd, no
awards.
John W. Jackson also shared the First-Time Exhibitor Award
for his "America's Eagle" exhibit and was runner-up for the
Best-in-Show Award.
Once again PAPER MONEY was seleaed by the ANA as the
Best Club Magazine. All contributors are to be congratulated.
SPMC Slide Presentation
A History of Paper Money, a slide presentation and script, pre-
pared by Gene Hessler for the SPMC, may be borrowed by
members from the librarian, Roger Durand. This 63-slide pro-
gram is an excellent way to introduce people to the joy of col-
lecting paper money. Multiple sets have been made.
Nevertheless, there could be a waiting period. So, place your
order well in advance of the date you require the slides.
Paper Money Whole No. 1 92
Page 199
IN MEMORIAM
Harold Clark Johnson, H.C. lo his friends, was born in
Tuscumbia, Missouri on 20 March 1920. H.C. died on
11 August 1997 in Jacksonville, Florida, where he had
lived since 1959. He attended the University of Mis-
souri and worked at Curtis Wright Airplane Manufac-
turer as a payroll supervisor during World War II.
H.C. was interested in all aspects of money, includ-
ing its history, manufacturer, distribution, accumula-
tion and management. After 23 years at C.I.T. he joined
Barnett Banks of Florida in 1968 as the second full-time
employee; H.C. retired in 1988. He pioneered Barnett's
entry into the consumer loan business and Bank
Americard, a forerunner of VISA. He was Barnett's chief
lobbyist in Tallahassee and Washington, D.C. He firmly
believed that each of us makes our own opportunities,
and he lived his life accordingly.
Dee, his wife and friend for 48 years, his family and
friends will miss H.C. {Carling Gresham)
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9261 Peter I. Romano, 39 S. Middle NeckRd., Great Neck, NY 1 1021;
C&D, ll.S., CSA & world.
9262 Tim P. Keo, 26620 Lake Rd., Bay Village, OH 44140; C.
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obsoleies & NBN, world.
9264 Patrick McCann, 215 W Canada Ave., Suite A, San Clemente,
CA 92672-5000; C, ll.S. Ig. size notes.
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gold & sil. certs., railroad notes and nat. gold bank notes.
9266 Tim Mabee, 4 Libeny Dr., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866; C,
Saratoga Springs and NY notes.
9267 Richard T. Cregg, P.O. Box 430, Hackensack, N) 07602-0430;
C.
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C.
9270 Jeff Scherer, 2907 Cortez Rd., lacksonville, FL 32446-0702; C,
ll.S. sm. size & errors.
9271 Louie C. Smith, 500 Bradley Ln., Dumas, TX 79029-3131; C, $2
notes.
9272 Andy MacKay, P.O. Box 9495, Tulsa, OK 74107; C.
9273 lohn H. White, P.O. Box 64 1, Massena, NY 13662; C, NY NBN.
9274 Thomas Bruman, 8892 Manley Rd., N.W., Alden, Ml 49612-
9614; C, Lg. size NBN & Canada.
9275 LRon Doucette, 1412 Soplo Rd., SE, Albuquerque, NM 87123;
C, world & ll.S.
9276 F.S. Barringer, |r., 3009 Mills Ln., Monroe, LA 71201; C, Lg. size
low grade Ll.S.
9277 Fred Southerland, 25 Summerhill Dr., Asheville, NC 28804; C,
obsoletes.
9278 Rickey Kent, 20 Prince Arthur Ave., Apt. 2 IF, Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5R1B1; C, Commemorative & replacement notes,
British Commonwealth & world.
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554 1 6-3255; C, fract. & gold certs.
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9280 Anhur E. Atwood, P.O. Box 1027, Rockaway Beach, MO 65740;
C&D. NBN.
9281 Donald G. lies, PSC 1005 Box 37, FPO AE 09593, G, sm. size,
fract. & C;SA.
9282 Edward McConnell, |r„ 28 W. Front St., Florence, Nl 085 1 8; C,
Lg. size notes.
9283 Daniel Whishnalsky, P.O. Box 19348, Washington.D.C. 20036;
C, Fracts., NBN & scrip.
9284 John R. Varoscak, 116 Central Park South, New York City, NY
10019; C, Ll.S. Lg. size.
9285 Thomas |. Gannon, 1460 Cornell Terrace, Hoffman Estates, IL
60194; C, WWll military currency.
9286 Christophers. Goshom, 5125 North Dr., Moss Point, MS 39563-
2013; C & D, Lg. size ll.S.
9287 Edward Gurley, 4732 Radcliff Rd., Raleigh, NC 27609; C.
9288 Michael H. Deich, 314-B Mall Blvd., Savannah, CA31406; C&D,
NBN & lg. size notes.
9289 Kenneth Brady, P.O. Box 663, Pon lefferson, NY 11777-0663;
C, NBN.
9290 Bill Webster, 19 Bonnie Dr., Westbury, NY 1 1590; C, NY obso-
letes.
9291 Randy K. Vogel, P.O, Box 4554, Uguna Beach, CA 92652; C,
Ll.S. & Mohawk, NY NBN.
9292 Howard Weisberg, 5103 Coke Ave., l.akewood, CA 90712; C.
9293 Hollis O'Neal lr„ 5201 Larkway, Nashville, TN 3721 1-6060; C.
9294 lim McCardell, 158County Route 357, Medusa, NY 12120-2004;
C.
9295 William L. King |r., 9 Hoyt Rd., Sherman, CT 06784; C.
9296 Robert A, Quinn, 1366 Center St., McKees Rocks, PA 15136-
1905; C, ll.S.
9297 Alexander Delatola, 243 W. 98th St. 5A, New York, NY 10025;
C&D, ll.S.
9298 David Spencer, Unit 51 16, APO AA 34038; C, Sm. size star &
web notes,
9299 H. Hal McKinney, 627 N. Main, Rockville, TX 76567; C, Texas,
C.S.A.
9300 David Mattingly, 6706 Township Tr., Austin, TX 78759; C.
9301 Harold E. Thomas, 806 E. Jersey Rd., Lehigh Acres, FL 33936-
6422; D, paper money, banks and banking lit.
9302 Todd M. Morgan, 133 1 Monaco Dr., Pacific Palisades, CA 90272;
C.
9303 Michael S. lones, P.O. Box 560 114, Miami, FL 33256-01 14; C,
Florida and Southern states.
9304 Raymond Gambale, 1 58-05 83rd St., Howard Beach, NY 11414;
C.
9305 G. Douglas ITiom, 5505 S. BristerCr., Murray, Utah 84123; C,
U.S. lg. size & error notes.
9306 Roscoe Yoder, POB 128-102 Lincoln, Denton, KS 66017; G, U.S.
9307 Ken Sultana, P.O. Box 580422, Flushing, NY 1 1358-0422; C.
9308 Pete Sullivan, P.O. Box 177, Eldridge, CA 95431; C, lg. size high
denom.
9309 Harris Whittenbeck, 722 E. 3rd #50, Florence, CO 81226; C,
U.S.
9310 Steve z^ttle, 554 E. Linden St., Fleetwood, PA 19522; C.
9311 William J. Slemmer, 1050Springwood Dr., Fremont, OH 43420;
C, silver and gold certs., MPC.
9312 Laura L. Slemmer, 1050 Springwood Dr., Fremont, OH 43420;
C, error & star notes prior to 1935.
9313 William L. Reiser, 1926 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek, CA
94595; C, $2 notes and Lincoln portraits.
9314 Jim Majoros, 65 16th St., Toms River, NJ 08753; C.
9315 John Carl Youngerman, P.O. Box 1703, Whiteville, NC 28472-
1703; C&D, NC, Ll.S.A. & C.S.A.
9316 Lawrence Eggen, 230 Continental Dr., Lockport, NY 14094; C.
9317 Sandy Kenar, 445 1 Murietta Ave. # 1 6, Sherman Oaks, CA 9 1 423;
C.
9318 Brian Zapatka, 1408 Valleybrook Ct., Crovetown, CA 30813-
9775; C, CA obsoletes.
9319 Louis Lenhard, Randolph-Macon Academy, 201 W. Third St.,
Front Royal, VA 22630; C.
9320 Clayton LaFountain, 288 Newfield, Hartford, CN 06106-3631;
C.
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9321 Sieve Sweeney, 5515 Vista Dr. Apt. 135, West Des Moines, lA
50266; C, lA NBN & Ig. size notes.
9322 Terry Hughes, 4001 N. 9th St. #302, Arlington, VA 22203; C,
LI.S.
9323 lack Seebra, 5500 Balboa Cl., Pinson, AL 35 1 26; C, NBN & MPC,
9324 Michael Maclennan, 33562 Big Sur, Dana Point, CA 92629-
2004; C.
9325 Sylvere Valentin, 4 140 Grandview Apt 7, Los Angelos, CA 90066.
9326 Michael Morine, 17300 E. 1 7th St. Suite 1-252, Tustin, CA 92780-
1955; C&D, ll.S.
9327 Marc Napolitan, 1318 Forest St., St. Paul, MN 55106-2031.
9328 Thomas S. Costello, 13454 Bonita Heights St., Moorpark, CA
93021-2210; C&D, ll.S. & MPC.
9329 William C.Tiedgen, 545 Compton Ave., Perth Amboy, N) 08861-
3006; C, N| obsoletes.
9330 Greg Culpepper, 1101 Sydney Terrace, Mt. luliet, TN 37122-
7558; C, all ll.S.
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notes.
9332 Lawrence M. Clever, 1624 Glencoe Way, Glendale, CA 91208;
C, ll.S. Ig. size notes.
9333 Robert Deininger, 7 Denver Cl., Coram, NY 11727; C, sm. size
gold cert.
9334 Frank N. Harris, 824 N, Shepard, El Reno, OK 73036; C.
9335 David Cothran, 1 0 1 9 N. Lindeke St., Spokane, WA 99201-1 545;
C&D, NBN.
9336 Roger E. Thomas, 12163SanibelCoun, Reston, VA2019I-1209;
C, Pakistan, India, Armenia, Russia.
9337 Larry W. Gotten, P.O. Box 5732, Cary, NC 27512-5732; C&D,
NC& VANBN.
9338 Ira A. Waldman, P.O. Box 46035, Chicago, IL 60646; C&D, ll.S.
and errors.
9339 Denis Novakovic, Pod Dridom 13, HR-21222 Marina, Croatia;
C, world notes.
9340 Barry Broyde, 170 W. 74 St., NY, NY 10023; C, Ll.S.
934 1 Anthony O'Neil, P.O. Box 159, Argyle, NY 12809; C&D, errors,
sm. size notes.
9342 lay D. Watson, 30 Winchester Cyn. #106, Goleta, CA 931 17; C,
fraa.. Colonial through depression scrip, Mexican Rev.
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9344 lay Weaver, 4017 15th St., Columbus, NE 68601; C.
9345 Marcus Turner, 389 Austin Dr., Avon, IN 46234; C.
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D.
9347 LI. McClellan, 8124 Long Point St., Houston, TX 77055; C&D,
obsoletes, U.S,, CSA, sheets,
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9349 Lee Davis, 3317 Cardenas NE, Albuquerque, NM 871 10; C.
9350 Sidney Karp, 547 Central Ave., 32B, Cedarhurst, NY 11516; C,
U S., Israel, Palestine, Great Brit. & colonies.
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9352 Dan Dorff, 5018 Uredo PL, Alta Loma, CA 91737; C, U.S.
9353 Glenn H. Fishe, 300 College St. Apt. #34, Manchester, TN 37355;
C, U.S. & obsoletes.
9354 Frank Boone, P.O. Box 481, Danbury, TX 77534-0481; C&D.
9355 Sharon K. Clark, P.O. Box 1032, Nashville, IN 47448; D.
9356 lames W. Millegan, 1 1 1 SW 5th Ave., Suite 4090, Portland, OR
97204; C.
9357 Lyle Eads, 3 Emily St., Paris, KY 40361; C&D, Ig. size & fract.
9358 Allen Fletcher, 20543 Holly Cir„ Strongsville, OH 44136; C.
9359 Mark T. Reichart, 1524 Bagdad Rd., Waterford, PA 16441; C,
NBN,
9360 Izie Deshazo, Rt. 2 Box 520, Headland, AL 36345; C.
9361 Henry Yeager, P.O. Box 58, Royal, IA51357; C&D, silver & gold
cert. & U.S. notes.
9362 Charles Cortes, P.O. Box 44, NY, NY 10029; C, U.S. small size
notes.
9363 Gary K. Cunstrom, 4520 Rathbun Lane, Stevensville, MT59870;
C, U.S. Ig. size & C.S.A.
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verted from 9112.
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converted from 234.
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C, converted from 8713.
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7601 1; D, converted from 8793.
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I5« per word, wiih a minimum charge of $3.75. The primary purpose of the
ads is to assist members in exchanging, buying, selling, or locating specialized
material and disposing of duplicates. Copy must be non-commercial in nature.
Copy must be legibly printed or typed, accompanied by prepayment made pay-
able totheSociety of Paper Money Col leaors, and reach the Editor, Gene Messier,
•PO. Box 31 144, Cincinnati, 011 45231 by the first of the month preceding the
month of issue (i.e. Dec. 1 for Ian. /Feb. issue). Word count: Name and address
will count as five words. All other words and abbreviations, figure combina-
tions and initials count as separate. No check copies. 1 05li discount for four or
more insertions of the same copy. Sample ad and word count.
WANTED: CONFEDERATE FACSIMILES by llpham for cash or trade
for FRN block letters, $ 1 SC, U.S. obsolete, lohn W. Member, 000 Last
St., New York, N.Y. 10015.
(22 words: $2; SC: ll.S.: FRN counted as one word each)
NYC WANTED: Issued NYC, Brooklyn obsoletes; issued/unissued ob-
soletes from locations within present-day Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx,
Queens. Staten Island. Steve Goldberg, Box 402, Laurel, MD 20725-
0402. (193)
WW II MILITARY CURRENCY MY SPECIALTY! Periodic price lists
for 554 SASE; MPC, Philippine Guerilla, lapanese invasion, world
coins-paper-stamps, U.S. coins-paper-stamps. Confederate, obsoletes,
FRN, stocks-bonds. 702-753-2435. Edward B. Hoffman, P.O. Box 6039-
S, Elko, NV 89802-6039. (192)
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Also buy! Ken Prag, Box 14817-PM, San Francisco, CA 94114. (415)
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NOTES WANTED from Buzzards Bay, Edgartown, Falmouth, Harwich,
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Bennett, P.O. Box 8722, Port St. Lucie, FL 34985, (197)
WANTED: Bank/Banking Histories, Bankers' Directories for personal
library. Will send my 'want" list, or offer what you have. Bob Cochran,
Box 1085, Florissant, MO 63031.
MARYLAND WANTED. Obsoletes and National Bank Notes from "The
Howard Bank," "Howard Park Steam Cotton Faaory," "Howard Street
Savings Bank," and 'National Howard Bank of Baltimore (Charter
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